Kara Sherrer
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Contributor at TechRepublic
Content writer @VanderbiltOwen business school. Graduate of @VanderbiltU. Amateur home chef. Live music lover. Is it hockey season yet?
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6 days ago |
eweek.com | Kara Sherrer
OpenAI is reportedly considering launching an X-like social media platform, according to The Verge. If this plan comes to fruition, the social media site would make OpenAI even more of a rival to X, which is owned by Elon Musk, a former board member at OpenAI. It would also position OpenAI to more directly compete with Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, but is lagging behind in the AI space.
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1 week ago |
eweek.com | Kara Sherrer
Apple has announced a new privacy-focused AI training system for iOS 18.5. It is designed to improve Apple Intelligence features by analyzing usage trends without compromising user privacy. Apple is betting it can build smarter AI without sacrificing privacy; however, that balancing act may be slowing it down. Among AI companies, Apple has the best reputation for protecting user privacy.
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1 week ago |
techrepublic.com | Kara Sherrer
Amazon is the latest tech giant to unveil a voice AI model. According to Amazon, its Nova Sonic is “a new foundation model that unifies speech understanding and speech generation into a single model, to enable more human-like voice conversations in AI applications.” Nova Sonic will compete with similar AI models by OpenAI, Google, and other tech companies.
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2 weeks ago |
techrepublic.com | Kara Sherrer
A tech analyst warns that an iPhone could cost up to $3,500 if made in the USA. Apple is scrambling to figure out a solution after President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs on Chinese imports. Reciprocal tariffs for a number of countries were set to take effect on April 9, but Trump granted a 90-day reprieve for most of them.
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2 weeks ago |
techrepublic.com | Kara Sherrer
IBM on Tuesday announced the newest version of its famous mainframe: the IBM z17. Powered by the latest IBM Telum II processor, IBM z17 culminates five years of research and development. It features AI capabilities across hardware, software, and systems operations. “IBM Z is built to redefine AI at scale,” IBM said in the press release. While mainframes are often seen as a throwback to older eras of computing, they are still used by large companies to process massive amounts of data.
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This week in ICYMI: I wrote a feature on the Humans of Owen initiative (which was inspired by @humansofny) and why HoO is personal scale, diversity, and inclusion in action: https://t.co/9Ueg5h3mM3
ICYMI last week, I made an interactive map of #Nashville's neighborhoods! Explore Music City here: https://t.co/lEU7kaI7x0
They patched 2 out of 10 potholes on my route to work and it's definitely the highlight of my week
